Unless I'm reading things prematurely, it seems to be shaping up to a complete rout of values-conservatism, and the white evangelical agenda - just as many have predicted. Someone check me if I've misread things. Since I'm about to sign off, I'll wax curmudgeon for a few moments before I retire to the comforts of my bed.

As a Burkean conservative who identifies with a lot of the positions of values-conservatism (though not the self-righteousness of so many), I'm frankly relieved. Values-conservatives have been clumsy at articulating their views and inept at the political know-how to move their agenda forward at a national level.

True conservatism must concentrate on the little platoons of society; the local communities in which people live and work and worship and play. The D.C. life is pretty heady, but in the end, it's the third temptation of Satan (Mt. 4) for most of us.

As I noted earlier, some Christian commentators have blundered theologically in assuming that party politics is the ...

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